PostgreSQL and the OOM Killer: Why We Use Strict Memory Overcommit
- All Blog PostsApril 27, 2026 · 10 min readBurak YucesoyPrincipal Software EngineerOur team members built and operated five managed PostgreSQL services over the past 15 years.
- Across all of them, one configuration has remained constant: strict memory overcommit.
- In this blog post, we will explain how strict memory overcommit protects your database from catastrophic OOM (out of memory) kills.
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- All Blog PostsApril 27, 2026 · 10 min readBurak YucesoyPrincipal Software EngineerOur team members built and operated five managed PostgreSQL services over the past 15 years.
- Across all of them, one configuration has remained constant: strict memory overcommit.
- In this blog post, we will explain how strict memory overcommit protects your database from catastrophic OOM (out of memory) kills.
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